Thing is, the measures have been championed by big business interests (namely, the entertainment industry) — which would lead you to believe that they’d get a lot of support from the uber-capitalist/pro-property rights/libertarian/Ayn Rand camp.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who’s pretty much made a career championing these ideas, actually turns out to be a major opponent of SOPA.

Paul, who’s vying for the Republican presidential bid, has said many a time that SOPA threatens citizens’ constitutional rights. Vids of several Paul speeches on this can be seen here and here.